Garments are so varied and versatile used for different purposes. Research I to the area of garments and clothing is an interesting thing due to the rapid varied that characterizes it, sometime making one thinks that it’s a dream. The types, sizes, colors, texture, structure and other details are varied and many determined by fashion, taste, environment in terms of prevailing cultural context among others. This paper discusses the suits from Mark & Spencer collections and in particular, official England slit fit men suit going for £199. It also discusses various aspects of garments and clothing, majoring on the importance’s associated with it. It is my opinion that garments shape our attitude, social class perception among other importance. This suit is grey in color. The suit is viewable form M&S website where it has established an interphase for interaction with customers all over the world. This website is http://www.marksandspencer.com
As has been noted above, research on garments is in the domain of sociology because it is a function social dynamics of life. However, it is also affected by the economic dynamics in terms of affordability among other ways. Besides this, aspects such as time also affects the garment one is putting one. For example, the type of clothes one has in his/her closet is determined by time factor. In the earlier times, the materials, fashion, texture, and design were different from today’s. This is an area that is rapidly and heavily dynamic changing within a very short span. The fashion industry is not static even for a second. This dynamism is sadly even over taking culture and its aspects. For example, the youth culture has a unique dressing style that is distinctly different from the elderly people. The only controlling aspect in the youth culture is social fabric of the society in question.
For example, a permissive society would embrace the youth culture that is viral globally, having a careless attitude on what to put on so long as it is trendy and fashionable. The dresses here are then tailored and designed as the time trend dictates. The taste for the youth is characterized by attributes such fitting, short, a little tight on the skin and sensuality. This culture is rapidly changing, apparently getting into worse in pursuit for being sexy and cute.
This lies in the domain of the roles of garments. They are won influence people’s perception in terms of class, level of education, money, fashion and trendiness among other. Further, a garment adorned by an individual send or helps accentuate a body language that one intends to pass across. This is somewhat part of the a foregoing function, but it’s also function oriented. If one is going a formal engagement, then he/she would dress differently as when going for an informal engagement. The intention of dressing such as to impress, affects the choice of garment.
The official England grey slim fit suit mentioned is made from 1.wool, 100% wool and it is a luxe signature. The linen is resilient, versatile and soft. The fact that wool breath naturally gives it leverage over other suit materials because this provides comfort 24/7 year round comfort especially in a warm climate. The coat has a modern cut and makes it comfortable further as it makes the shoulders flattered. It is made slim just as the sister trouser, producing a perfectly polished look.
The suit is brand new and has not been damaged in any way by insects or mechanical means. With all it parts in shape and shiny appearance, it does not indicate any sign of alteration such as dying to make it bright. Actually, from the website, it is ready to be bought, with buttons that allow ready customers to place orders. The styling of the suit takes into account the predominant fashion in the market and it is therefore trendy and fashionable in every sense of the words.
Evidence of provenance of the record is not shown but the firm is credible and would have no reason to plagiarize the design of the suit. Photographs of the linen are availed in the website, two of them: when tried out by a model and when just hanged. There are other designs that could resemble the suit but as mark of security, even designing firm embed protective measures that protect their work. Tag of inscription with words Mark & Spencer is visible.
Still with labeling, the price tag is give and the size aspects right from chest, both for the coat and the trouser. There are no applied decorations, beading, embroidery, lace or bow. It only has buttons. The trouser has zip and button with pockets as normal men trousers. There are no patterns or special stripes in the material. It is plane shiny grey.
Suits are clothing mostly for formal wares, but in the modern fashion context, fit into informal/casual dressing. They are tailored depending on the taste of the wearer. The practice in the early times put it that one would approach suits maker and indicate the type, material and then made on order. However, the boom in the sector made it that one company produces the suits en mass having a target market in mind. The suits have also been spared the wave of modernity, trendiness and youth culture. Fitting slim suits are today very popular, especially among the young and middle aged people. Further, as a general characteristic of garments, suits are also used in class differentiation. The one wearing the most current, finest and most expensive suit is taken as modern, classy and trendy. Sentiments of richness also touch the attitude. They are from London, Italy, France among others. The three form common modern suits in the market that are popular.
Just as any other commodity, marketers use the normal business details in marketing them. Models are used to market them, delving on the trendiness, sexy nature and how revealing they are depending on the class of customers targeted and the fashion being marketed. For example, when one puts on a modern a very slim fitting suit, they are expected to be a little tight on the skin, drawing out the shape of body features and the designers are out in pursuit of sensual feeling. The current generation is depraved and is constant manipulates sex and feelings as a tool of marketing.
This cross cutting and this garment’s marketing is not spared. The worse cases are those for women. When one puts on a woman suit which is slim fit, then it would be so revealing owing to the morphology on the women’s body. Looking at them intently arouses sexual feeling. This has been counterproductive and has heralded moral decadence among the young generation. The dominant colors of suits depend on the taste of the users and in some cases, profession. Professions like the practice of law prefer a grey suits and formal appearance in them all the time one is before the court. Most common men suit’s colors are always less shouting shades of blue, white, shades of grey, brown, gold and most importantly, black.
As a casual ware, suits have been produced in designs modified to be worn by casual clothing. In this case, the coats are tailored with African touch or designed to be worn with jeans or casual/weekend shoes. Unlike the formal design that precludes the ware to a given class or age, as a casual ware, suits or their parts like trouser or coats can be accessorized variedly hence fitting into an informal ware. For example, the jackets are also put on, not necessarily as formal clothing, but as a weather cloth. The trouser as well just put on like any other. This uniform and disintegrated way of dressing on the suit is common, especially when one do not want to appear formal. This has made suits common place in the modern context, not as restrictive as it would appear in the earlier times.
Of course as is expected, class dynamics also play a crucial role here. There are one button suits, two up to four or more button suits. The lesser the buttons on the suit the more classy and trendy it is and therefore the more highly one is regarded. The more trendy and fashionable it is, basing on the aspects mentioned and more, the more expensive it is. As other clothes, shops and vending also differ basing on the class they shape themselves to be and targeting. They would also be differentiated basing on gender and other things. High end shops would therefore be vending particular suits that are highly regarded and respected.
As is well illustrated using suits, garments hold a very important and powerful stake in society and human life. It brings union and commonness in a sense if one group of people adorns a similar garment. This is the essence of church choir or school uniform. It also communicates the type of a person one is. For example, putting on a guard’s or police or military or school uniform identifies the person and hence enable one to address them accordingly.
Conclusion
The paper has addressed the inherent dynamism in the garments world and business and the conventional attitude towards the garments when put on. The early times thinking and perception on the aspects such as material of the linen, the style and design, and other surrounding details that determine the choice of the linen. Are very important in proper synthesis of this topic. From the discussions, using suits as example show the power of garments and how societies across the globe regard them.
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